Concrete beam
About 60 m long.
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MuBE is a private cultural institution that opened in May 1995 to show sculpture and three-dimensional work, yet its building is the best-known piece in it: designed by the architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha, winner of the 2006 Pritzker Prize, it is half buried under a plaza and a garden by Roberto Burle Marx, crossed by a huge concrete beam about sixty metres long that seems to float above the ground. The museum was born of a neighbourhood campaign: Jardim Europa's residents' association and a museum-friends society came together to stop a shopping centre being built on the land, and the city granted it to them on a 99-year loan. The building is raw, unpainted concrete, with three exhibition rooms and an auditorium of about 190 seats. Entry is free, though some exhibitions require an online time slot, so check the programme. The plaza under the concrete beam makes a pleasant short stop even outside exhibition hours, and the Ema Klabin house museum is a few steps away.
About 60 m long.
Below the plaza.
3D works.
Rua Alemanha 221, Jardim Europa, São Paulo
The architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha, winner of the 2006 Pritzker Prize, with a garden by Roberto Burle Marx.
